Moderating effect of group cue while processing news on immigration: Is the framing effect a heuristic process?

Journal of Communication

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 726-749

  Igartua, Juan Joselartya ^a   Cheng, Lifen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; HEURISTICS; IMMIGRATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 71849102540     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01454.x     Document Type: Article

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